not-so-popular ROCK bands?

Question

i like bands such as:

acdc, aerosmith, afi, atreyu, audioslave, avenged sevenfold, bed light for blue eyes, black light burns, breaking benjamin, buckcherry, bullet for my valentine, chevelle, city sleeps, damageplan, disturbed, drowning pool, eighteen visions, the exies, the format, funeral for a friend, hawthorne heights, him, hourcast, hurt, killswitch engage, korn, mayday parade, metallica, nine inch nails, ozzy, pantera, papa roach, pod, puddle of mudd, rob zombie, shinedown, slipknot, stereomud, sublime, system of a down, three days grace, type o negative, the union underground, velvet revolver, the white stripes, and 12 stones.

i know most of what i named was basically mainstream, but thats why im asking this. is there any good NON-mainstream rock bands that are similar to these? and PLEASE try not to list the same bands that i just named! please take a minute to look through the list. & don't name obvious bands either. oh and im not much into screamo so dont name them

Answer 1

* 13 Engines
* 16 Horsepower
* 1990s
* 10,000 Maniacs
* 3 Doors Down
* 30 Seconds to Mars
* 311
* 4 Non Blondes
* 54-40
* The Academy Is...
* Acceptance
* Adorable
* Aereogramme
* The Afghan Whigs
* AFI
* Age of Chance
* Agent Sparks
* Alice in Chains
* Alien Ant Farm
* The All-American Rejects
* Ambulance LTD
* American Music Club
* American Hi-Fi
* Tori Amos
* Amp
* The Amps
* An Angle
* ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
* Anberlin
* Angelfish
* Angels & Airwaves
* Fiona Apple
* The Apples in Stereo
* Arcade Fire
* Archers of Loaf
* Architecture in Helsinki
* Arctic Monkeys
* Army of Anyone
* Ash
* Richard Ashcroft
* The Ataris
* Athlete
* Audioslave
* Augie March
* Autolux
* Babes in Toyland
* Baboon
* Babyshambles
* Badly Drawn Boy
* Bamboo
* Band of Susans
* Barenaked Ladies
* Bauhaus
* Bayside
* Beat Happening
* Beck
* Belly
* Better Than Ezra
* Biffy Clyro
* Big Audio Dynamite
* Big Black
* Bikini Kill
* Billy Talent
* Björk
* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
* Blindside
* Blind Melon
* Blink-182
* Bloc Party
* Blonde Redhead
* Blue October
* Blur
* Bôa
* The Bolshoi
* The Bongos
* Boy Kill Boy
* Boysetsfire
* The Boo Radleys
* Billy Bragg
* Brand New
* The Bravery
* Breaking Benjamin
* The Breeders
* Brian Jonestown Massacre
* Broken Social Scene
* Ian Brown
* Jeff Buckley
* Buffalo Tom
* Built to Spill
* Burden Brothers
* Bush
* Kate Bush
* Butthole Surfers
* By Divine Right
* Caesars
* Cake
* The Call
* The Calling
* Camper Van Beethoven
* Camus
* Candlebox
* The Candyskins
* Jerry Cantrell
* The Cardigans
* Cartel
* Catherine Wheel
* Cat Power
* Cell
* Chainsaw Kittens
* The Chameleons
* Charlatans U.K.
* Chevelle
* Billy Childish
* The Church
* Cibo Matto
* Cigaretta
* CIV
* Jarvis Cocker
* Coldplay
* Collective Soul
* Concrete Blonde
* The Constantines
* The Cooper Temple Clause
* Julian Cope
* Billy Corgan
* Cornershop
* Counting Crows
* Cowboy Junkies
* Cracker
* The Cramps
* The Cranberries
* The Creatures
* Creed
* Crooked Fingers
* The Cubby Creatures
* Cueshe
* The Cure
* Cursive
* Cute Is What We Aim For
* The Dandy Warhols
* Daphne Loves Derby
* Dappled Cities Fly
* The Darling Buds
* Dashboard Confessional
* Daughtry
* Dave Matthews Band
* Days of the New
* The dB's
* Dead Can Dance
* The Dead Milkmen
* Dead Moon
* Death Cab for Cutie
* The Decemberists
* The Delgados
* Depeche Mode
* dEUS
* Die Kreuzen
* Dinosaur Jr
* The Diodes
* Dirty Pretty Things
* Dirty Three
* Dishwalla
* The Distillers
* Do as Infinity
* Dog's Eye View
* Do Make Say Think
* Dramarama
* Dream Syndicate
* dredg
* The Dresden Dolls
* Dungen
* The Early November
* Echo & the Bunnymen
* Echobelly
* Econoline Crush
* Ednaswap
* Eels
* Einstürzende Neubauten
* Eisley
* Elastica
* Elbow
* Electronic
* Embrace
* Erase Errata
* Ethyl Meatplow
* Evanescence
* Evans Blue
* Everclear
* Evermore
* Explosions in the Sky
* The Fades
* Faith No More
* The Fall
* The Fall of Troy
* Fastbacks
* Fastball
* Feeder
* The Feelies
* The Fiery Furnaces
* Filter
* Finger Eleven
* fIREHOSE
* Fishbone
* The Flaming Lips
* Folk Implosion
* Foo Fighters
* Fountains of Wayne
* The Frames
* Frank Black and the Catholics
* Franz Ferdinand
* The Fratellis
* The Fray
* From First to Last
* From Satellite
* Frou Frou
* Fuel
* Fugazi
* The Futureheads
* Galaxie 500
* Garbage
* Gas Huffer
* The Gathering
* Gin Blossoms
* The Go-Betweens
* Godspeed You! Black Emperor
* Goldfinger
* Gomez
* Goo Goo Dolls
* The Good, the Bad and the Queen
* Gorillaz
* Matthew Good
* Gravity Kills
* Green Day
* Green River
* Grinderman
* Grinspoon
* Grumpy Justins
* Gruntruck
* Guadalcanal Diary
* Guano Apes
* Guided by Voices
* Gumball
* Guster
* Hale
* Half Japanese
* Half Man Half Biscuit
* Hammerbox
* Happy Mondays
* HARD-Fi
* Ben Harper
* P.J. Harvey
* Hawthorne Heights
* Imogen Heap
* Hellogoodbye
* Hello Operator
* Helmet
* His Name Is Alive
* Robyn Hitchcock
* Hole
* Holly and the Italians
* Hoobastank
* Hootie and the Blowfish
* Hot Hot Heat
* Hot Snakes
* Hot Water Music
* The House of Love
* The Housemartins
* Brodie Foster Hubbard
* Hum
* Hüsker Dü
* I Am Kloot
* I Am the Avalanche
* I Mother Earth
* Idlewild
* Imago
* Imani Coppola
* Incubus
* Inner Surge
* Inspiral Carpets
* Interpol
* Iron & Wine
* Itchyworms
* Jack Off Jill
* James
* James Iha
* Jane's Addiction
* The Jesus and Mary Chain
* Jesus Jones
* The Jesus Lizard
* Jimmie's Chicken Shack
* Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
* Jimmy Eat World
* Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
* Juliette and the Licks
* The Juliana Theory
* K's Choice
* Kaiser Chiefs
* Kaizer's orchestra
* Kasabian
* Keane
* Kent
* Kill Hannah
* Killdozer
* The Killers
* Killing Heidi
* Killing Joke
* The Kills
* King Missile
* Kings of Convenience
* Kings of Leon
* Kitchens of Distinction
* Klaxons
* Kula Shaker
* Kyuss
* L7
* The La's
* Language of Flowers
* Sook-Yin Lee
* The Lemonheads
* Let's Active
* Letters to Cleo
* The Levellers
* Liam Lynch
* Liars
* Lifehouse
* The Lilac Time
* Lit
* Live
* Lo Presher
* Local H
* Long Beach Dub Allstars
* Lostprophets
* Louis XIV
* Love and Rockets
* The Lovely Feathers
* The Lovers
* Love Spit Love
* Luna
* Luscious Jackson
* Lush
* Marianas Trench
* Ashley MacIsaac
* Bill Madden
* Mad Season
* Madrugada
* Magic Dirt
* Malfunkshun
* Man or Astro-man?
* Mando Diao
* Manic Street Preachers
* Mansun
* Marcy Playground
* The Mars Volta
* Mary's Danish
* Matchbox Twenty
* Maxïmo Park
* Lisa Maxwell
* Mazzy Star
* Metric
* Edwin McCain
* McLusky
* Meat Puppets
* The Mekons
* The Melvins
* Mercury Rev
* Midnight Oil
* Ministry
* The Minutemen
* Mission of Burma
* Mission U.K.
* Modest Mouse
* Mogwai
* Moist
* Moonbabies
* Monaco
* Monopoli
* Morcheeba
* Alanis Morissette
* MorissonPoe
* Morningwood
* Morphine
* Morrissey
* Mother Love Bone
* The Moths!
* Motion City Soundtrack
* The Mountain Goats
* Bob Mould
* Mudhoney
* Shawn Mullins
* Peter Murphy
* Muse
* The Music
* Mute Math
* My Bloody Valentine
* My Chemical Romance
* My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
* My Morning Jacket
* My Sister's Machine
* Myslovitz
* Nada Surf
* The National
* Kitchie Nadal
* Ned's Atomic Dustbin
* Nerf Herder
* Neutral Milk Hotel
* New Order
* The New Pornographers
* Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
* Nickelback
* Nine Black Alps
* Nine Inch Nails
* Nirvana
* Nitzer Ebb
* No Doubt
* Oasis
* The Ocean Blue
* Oceansize
* Odds
* Of Montreal
* The Offspring
* OK Go
* Orange and Lemons
* Orbit
* Beth Orton
* Ostava
* Our Lady Peace
* Ours
* P
* Pale Saints
* Panic! at the Disco
* Paramore
* Parokya ni Edgar
* The Pastels
* Pavement
* Pearl Jam
* Pennywise
* Pere Ubu
* A Perfect Circle
* Peter Bjorn and John
* Liz Phair
* Phish
* Pinback
* The Pink Spiders
* Pixies
* Placebo
* Pluto (Portuguese)
* Pluto (Canadian)
* Poets of the Fall
* The Pogues
* The Polyphonic Spree
* Pop Will Eat Itself
* Porcupine Tree
* Porno for Pyros
* Portishead
* The Posies
* The Postal Service
* Poster Children
* Powderfinger
* Bob Powell
* The Presidents of the United States of America
* Primal Scream
* The Primitives
* Primus
* Protein
* The Psychedelic Furs
* Public Image Ltd.
* Pulp
* ***** Galore
* Queens of the Stone Age
* Quicksand
* Quorthon
* The Raconteurs
* Radiohead
* Rage Against the Machine
* The Railway Children
* Rancid
* The Rasmus
* Rasputina
* Raveonettes
* Razorlight
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Red House Painters
* Redd Kross
* Reef
* Reel Big Fish
* Reggie and the Full Effect
* Regina Spektor
* R.E.M.
* Remy Zero
* Relient K
* The Rentals
* The Replacements
* Republica
* Revenge
* Ride
* Rise Against
* Rivermaya
* Rocket From the Crypt
* Rock Kills Kid
* Rollins Band
* Royal Trux
* Sahara Hotnights
* Saosin
* Scarling.
* Scratch Acid
* Screaming Jets
* Screaming Trees
* Seaweed
* Sebadoh
* Seether
* Semisonic
* Shades of Pale
* Shakespears Sister
* The Shamen
* The Shins
* Shiny Toy Guns
* Shout Out Louds
* Shudder to Think
* Sigur Rós
* Silverchair
* Silverstein
* Silversun Pickups
* Siouxsie & the Banshees
* Sister Hazel
* Sisters of Mercy
* Skin Yard
* Sleater-Kinney
* Slint
* Sloan
* Slowdive
* ****
* The Smashing Pumpkins
* Elliott Smith
* The Smiths
* The Smithereens
* Snow Patrol
* Social Code
* Social Distortion
* Sonic Youth
* Soul Asylum
* Soul Coughing
* The Sounds
* Soundgarden
* Space
* Spacehog
* Spacemen 3
* Spiritualized
* Spitalfield
* Splender
* Sponge
* Stabbing Westward
* Stars
* Starsailor
* Steadman
* Stereolab
* Stereomud
* Stereophonics
* The Stone Roses
* Stone Temple Pilots
* Streetlight Manifesto
* The Strokes
* The Subways
* Sublime
* Suede
* Sugar
* Sugar Ray
* The Sugarcubes
* Sugarplum Fairy
* The Sundays
* Sunny Day Real Estate
* Superchunk
* Superdrag
* Super Furry Animals
* Supergrass
* Surly
* Matthew Sweet
* Swervedriver
* Switchfoot
* Tad
* Tangerine Dream
* Taking Back Sunday
* Tapes 'n Tapes
* Tappi Tíkarrass
* The Tea Party
* Team Sleep
* Teenage Fanclub
* Tegan and Sara
* Temple of the Dog
* Terrorvision
* Th' Faith Healers
* Therapy?
* They Might Be Giants
* Third Eye Blind
* This Mortal Coil
* Those Days
* Throwing Muses
* Three Days Grace
* TISM
* Toad the Wet Sprocket
* Toadies
* Tocotronic
* Tones on Tail
* Tonic
* Trashcan Sinatras
* Travis
* Jennifer Trynin
* The Tunguska Event
* TV on the Radio
* U2
* Ultra Vivid Scene
* Uncle Tupelo
* Under byen
* Under the Influence of Giants
* Unrest
* Unsane
* The Used
* Unwritten Law
* Urge Overkill
* USER
* The Vaselines
* VAST
* Versus
* Vertical Horizon
* Veruca Salt
* The Verve
* The Verve Pipe
* The Vines
* Violent Femmes
* Volcano Suns
* The Von Bondies
* The Wallflowers
* We Are Scientists
* The Wedding Present
* Ween
* Weezer
* Paul Westerberg
* The White Stripes
* Wilco
* Wolf Parade
* The Wonder Stuff
* X
* XTC
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs
* Yellowcard
* Yo La Tengo
* You Am I
* The Young Werewolves
* The Young Knives
* Zebrahead
* Zita Swoon
* Zornik
* Zwan

Answer 2

I Am Ghost
Tiger Army
Burn Season
Society Red
Sick Of It All
Strung Out
Today Forever
The Explosion
Faktion
I.D.K.
On The Last Day
Within
The Dillenger Escape Plan
Nekromantix
Run Doris Run
alesana

Answer 3

Get yourself a copy of "You Come Before You" by Poison the Well, earlier stuff is great too. Grab "We are the Romans" by Botch, Converge has quite a few CD's worth looking into as well. These are all "heavier" types of music since you seem to gravitate towards the heavier pop stuff anyway. 36 Crazyfists, Failure, and Glassjaw would probably be closer to "pop" if thats more of what you're into.

Thumbs up for the Isis recommendation, and I'll add Pelican, Jesu, Neurosis, and Mouth of the Architect if you like the super melodic and "epic" stuff. Maybe check out Mare too, they have some similarly cool things going.

Oh yeah! one more you definitely should check out... Drowningman. They move from heavy crazy metalcore to almost screamo, to math rock, to whatever they want. Don't know how to describe it, just check out "Rock 'n Roll Killing Machine" and enjoy.

Answer 4

Pepper
Reel Big Fish
Save Ferris
Reveille
Butthole Surfers
Dramagods
Failure
Hum
Pilot Speed
Soil
Helmet
Ministry
Mother Love Bone
Screaming Trees
Suicidal Tendencies

Answer 5

Escape the Fate, Jeffree Star(if you love AFI),Aarmor For Sleep, Senses Fail, Nightwish, Eveanescence.

Check this band out also:
http://www.myspace.com/josephinecollective

You have an awsome taste in music by the way....I didnt even know any body knew of Black Light Burns. Puddle Of Mudd is from where I live so I got to see them form the beggining.

Answer 6

Here are some bands to check out.
Taproot
Another Animal
Isis
The Mars Volta
The Deftones
Arch Enemy
Nonpoint
Nothingface
Nevermore
The Dillenger Escape Plan
Thrice

Answer 7

Shattersphere

Answer 8

Queen. Although a mainstream band their popularity is not as huge as it should have been. Take a listen to some of their stuff and you'll find a new apprecation for muscianship and lyrical content

Answer 9

Atreyu
As I Lay Dying
All That Remains
Every Time I Die

Answer 10

first of all...u just named a lot of my favorites (disturbed, bb, chevelle, dp, tuu and so on.) ur the only person ive seen on here mention one of my fav bands The union underground....anyways i would first off recommend Godsmack...they are amazing....other bands include, Powerman 5000 and rob zombie,rammstein, stone sour, rise against, against me!, army of anyone, soilwork, bloodsimple, neurosonic, static-x.......most of the bands i usually recommend u already mentioned..... :)

Answer 11

Boston, Van halen, Ted nugent, and blue oyster cult.